The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1887-07-27
THE STATE

gust 9th. A" Injecting begins
The Columbus Rifemep b.v.,
go to Camp Henry. eve decided to
The Republicans of Ware,
tend Issuing campaign paper 0'0aIy IN
The Farmers Alliance win ~,
Convention in Jackson, ne1t ra ,-o.l a STATE
The Patrons OF Husbandrv bsl4
annual union at Lake, Miss. Ia. t'S aai taeir
Mr.. NJ. A. Parisot, an old W.
man, died at his home in SiIve, 20 -, ftvsf
week. Ol'y, last
The name OF Toulme postofioa II
View. gu 70 Gulf
This seasons seashore camp-mes,;..
been delightful in every sense to The 1l aA'
The appearance Of cotton vo.u
various parts OF the State, causes s 80. q
uueasiness. genera
Work will begin on the W.rr;.- .
Fields Railway as soon es the loc1+;SCzo 4l
completed. ''0''i0a i
The Court-House Reno, .,na.
Removalists are making thiu Iirele l'a
| OOdHOna county.
The Baptist Convention bsl5 -,
on the 22d, 25d and oath. was vs-r I'm
esting meeting 'a's'-
Mr.. Mitchell, of the Signal.C o,i.l.
contradicts the report that he has ~
interest in his paper L
Mrs Mary K. Dunbar. Of Port c;:b..
died last week IN Nashville, Tenn. vb5.
on her way to st. Louis. 'H'N
5. L. MeLaurin, OF Mississippi has
promoted from class to class in ~
First Comptroller's office. '1s
Wallace W. Hanger, Of Mississinr; h.
been promoted from $1,000 10 a Sl9s
clerkship in Washington. F'-''
Hazlehurst will really have q cra.,,...
Eighteen hundred dollars have been .ai
scribed for the purpose already. ''
Mr.. John Newman, proprietor Of III.
extensive Aberdeen Tannerv. died L..
week. He was Swede by birth.
Mr.. Jno. A. Dicks, a prominent Match.
| gentleman, left with his family and vonr,
lady friend, for Europe last week.
In the famous Fair Grounds" mpr5s,
case, at Meridian, a verdict Of mot guiltv1
was returned by the jury, SATURDAY.
| Miss Norma Harper, student n a.,
French Camp Institute, died there few
days ago OF typhoid fever, and was buried
at her home in Walden.
Efforts are being made to get M an sr.
hibit from the three sea-coast counties ~
this State for the interstate Exposition !,
be held in Chicago in October.
Little Jodie, infant son of Mr.. and NJ.
Elzey, OF Wesson, Miss, died SUNDAY
night. Our sympathy Is extended to ne
bereavtd parents and friends.
The preliminary trial of K. B. Chatham
for the killing OF j. 5. Hoskins, at IeE.
ington recently, resulted in Ckatham's
being remanded to Jail without bail.
A stabbing affray occurred in Port Glib
son last week, between c. G.. Clark and son.
and L. J.. Chancellor and son, in which
the Chancellors were badly wounded.
The boats on the Yazoo are carving ont
an immense amount of fine oak timber
from the Yaz5o Delta. This is a new en-.
terprise, and is receiving much encourage
ment.
The regular hops at Snedes' Gull View
Hotel, Mississippi City,, commenced on
Friday night last, and the guests Of this
popular resort will now enjoy this pleasant
amusement nightly.
The building OF the Aberdeen branch Of
Kansas City, Memphis and Birmingham
Railroad, including an iron bridge across
the TOmbigbee river at Aberdeen, Is pro-
crossing favorably.
| A desperate affray occurred on the
steamer City of New Orleans one day last
week, at Rodney, in which a negro named
|. Franklin shot and killed another negro.
The murderer has been jailed.
To-day Mrs. Chaplin, OF South Carolina,
Mrs. c. E. Merrick, Of Louisiana, and Mrs.
Juliana Hayes, of Baltimore, are all
present at the Sea Shore Camp Ground, to
meet the members Of the w. {. I. U.
Mr.. w II. Lingard late freight and pas
senger agent of the n, J. and c. Railroad,
| at. Natchez, has made a connection with
the Memphis, Fort Scott and Gulf Rail
road, with headquarters at Memphis.
Rev: c. S. Starkweather, Of Meridian.
MISS, and Mrs. Celina Edwards, OF Hyde
Park, were married last week After
tour of two months in the East the
couple will return to Meridian to reside.
Rev. K. B. McAlpine, who has so accept
| ably filed the pulpit of the Presbyterian
| church in Columbus for several years. has
rendered his resignation. On account OF
failing health, he must seek a colder
climate.
The members of Holy Trinity Church,
Vicksburg, held congregational meeting
Monday, for the purpose Of bidding fare
well to their beloved pastor, Bishop Adj
ans, who left for his Diocese, Easton, Nd,
| that night.
Miss Maggie Clark, of Louisville, Win
ston county, died on the 28th ult. On the
night of July Sd, Miss Jane Clark and
Mrs. Lula Clark, all of the same family,
died, and the husband and father, Mr. R
E. Clark, is now dangerously i'll.
The boiler in the Chamberlain saw mill
in Natchez-under-the- exploded last
week, killing the fireman, aud wounding
the proprietor Mr.. L. l.. Chamberlain and
Mr.. Freddie Roth, one of the employees.
The mill was totally demolished.
The "Candidates' Tournament" at st.
Elmo on the 18th was a great success.
The tournament which came off in the al
ternoon was very exciting and interesting
Mr.. G. S. Lobdell won the first prize and
crowned Miss Undine Byrnes as Queen Of
Love and Beauty.
The Waterworks Company Of Nicks-
burg, failed TO find water at depth OF 275
feet, at the base of Walnut Hills north OF
the city, where they wished to locate the
pumps. They have now decide to locate
the pumps one mile south Of the city and
viii take the water from the channel Of
the Mississippi.
Quite a rivalry exists at Pass Christian
among the Spanish mackerel fisherman as
can be seen from the following: Mr.. Z. q
Brown, of New Orleans, in the score kept
al the Mexican Gulf, takes the ribbon Tor
the biggest catch of Spanish mackerel this
season. In three and one-half hours he
landed with the aid of his silver reel
thirty-one mackerel and two silver dsh.
Mr.. L. J. Harris is obliged to haul down
his colors, though he is a good second, and
with his ardent zeal and exceeding skill
he may yet cone out first. +. D. Palirey
is a close third. with J. Z. Lusher fourth,
leaving Emile E. Heidelheimer Of Orange
far behind.
Sundays Pieayune contained the follow
ing account of the recent Natchez tragedy
One of the most horrible double TRACE
dies ever enacted in the city Of Natchez &C.
Cured at l O'Clock to-day in the Offices Of
the Natehez, Jackson and Columbus Ral!-
road, one of the victims being John Griffith
Enders, aged SO, master mechanic OF the
Little j., and one Joe Owens, an emplOye
in the company's shops.
Enders had discharged Owens for neglect
OF business, and the latter threatened 70
whip or kill Enders. Very little attention
was paid to the threats, notwithstanding 1t
was known that Owens was a desperate
man.
To-day Owens sent Mr.. Enders word
that he was sorry for the threats used aud
desired to apologize. He was invited to
Enders' office, where he went armed with
club and revolver. No one knows what
transpired in the Office, but after Owens
was there a few moments he was heard 10
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